What Is a Reverse Phone Number Look up

By Pauline Stradlen


A reverse phone number lookup is very useful in this day and age when every one has a cellphone, for example you may have written down someones number but can't remember who it was that gave it to you. If the phone number is a landline number it is relatively easy to use a reverse lookup service to get information on the owner, including their name and address. It can be more difficult however to perform a reverse lookup on a mobile phone number. The main reason for this is that the free directories don't have access to the cell numbers, as they are held independently by each individual carrier company.

There is a way to get this information on cellphone numbers, although not for free. There are a few sites that hold databases on both landline and cellphone numbers. The cellphone companies that own the records and information, sell it to third-party vendors who can access this information for you, for a fee.

These databases hold a large amount of information, and not just names and addresses, you can access criminal records, civil records and various other information necessary for background checks. For a one-off fee you can often search as many numbers as you wish, and many services will also provide information on unlisted numbers.

The information that you can obtain from a good paid service, is equal to that you would pay top dollar to a private investigator for. This information can be used to carry out background checks on new employees, babysitters, your daughters new boyfriend, the uses are virtually endless.

I would warn you against sites that offer free reverse phone number look ups, as in my opinion they are often covers for paid companies. I have not yet found a free service that can access both mobile phone and residential information. These sites will normally let you run a search for free but will then charge you for the results, this can be extremely frustrating.

After you have run a search, you will probably be redirected to another site where you will be expected to pay for a service. The good quality sites that will charge you for a reverse phone number look up, do so for a good reason. These sites pay for access to the cellphone companies large databases, and they need to recover these costs. Don't forget that these sites should offer a moneyback guarantee, if they don't then look for another.

There are a hundred different reasons why you would want to run a reverse phone number look up, if you are suspicious your husband is cheating, or your teenager is running with a bad crowd. Whatever your reason these are very useful tools that everyone will be using in the future.

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